Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/máxšiH

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákšiH.

Noun

*máxšiH ~ *maxšyáHh f^[1]^[2]^[3]

midge, fly

Related terms

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬌 (maxši), 𐬨𐬀𐬑𐬱𐬌𐬐𐬀 (maxšika)
  - → Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi script: [Term?] (/⁠maxš⁠/)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Khotanese: [script needed] (m̮āta)
- Sogdian:
  Sogdian script: 𐼺𐼴𐼶𐽁𐼸 (mwxšk /⁠moxšk⁠/)
  
  Old Sogdian script: 𐼍𐼇𐼄𐼙𐼋 (mwɣšk), 𐼍𐼇𐼄𐼙𐼋𐼁 (mwɣškʾ /⁠muxšk⁠/)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Munji-Yidgha:
  - Munji: [script needed] (mōxši)
  - Yidgha: [script needed] (maxšë)
- Ormuri:
  Kaniguram: [script needed] (míši)
- Pashto: مچ (məč, muč, “fly, horsefly”) (or borrowed from Dardic^[4])
  Bangash: مچ (mač)
  
  Mahsudi: مچ (mač)
  
  Waziri: مچ (məč)
  - ⇒ Pashto: مچۍ (mučə́y, məčə́y, “bee”)
    Bangash: مچۍ (mačə́y)
    
    Mahsudi: مچۍ (máčə)
    
    Southeastern Pashto:
    Bannu: مچکۍ (mačkay)
    
    Waziri: مچۍ (məčəy)
- Pashto: ماشه (mā́ša), ماشی (mā́šay, “mosquito; midge”) (< *maxšyáHh)
  - → Semnani: [script needed] (māṣai)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: مێش (mêş)
- Kermanic: (“mosquito”)
  Abuzeydabadi, Abyanehi, Badrudi, Bidhandi, Farizandi, Qohrudi, Yarandi: mās
  
  Abyanehi: mōs
- Kermanic: (“fly”)
  Abyanehi, Bidhandi, Tarehi: māš
  
  Abyanehi: māša
  
  Delijani: mās
  
  Farizandi, Jowshaqani: maš
  
  Zefrehi: mēš

References

^ Efimov, Valentin Aleksandrovič (2011) The Ormuri Language in Past and Present (FLI Language and Culture Series)‎^[1], volume 6, Islamabad: Forum for Language Initiatives, page 290: “*máxšī”
^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎^[2], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 178
^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “m̮āta-”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 328
^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1927) “mač”, in An Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Skrifter utgitt av det Norske Videnskapsakademi i Oslo; 3), Oslo: J. Dybwad, page 43

[1] Efimov, Valentin Aleksandrovič (2011) The Ormuri Language in Past and Present (FLI Language and Culture Series)‎^[1], volume 6, Islamabad: Forum for Language Initiatives, page 290: “*máxšī”

[2] Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎^[2], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 178

[3] Bailey, H. W. (1979) “m̮āta-”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 328

[4] Morgenstierne, Georg (1927) “mač”, in An Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Skrifter utgitt av det Norske Videnskapsakademi i Oslo; 3), Oslo: J. Dybwad, page 43

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